The Cockroach Basketball League

by Charles Rosen

Book Overview

Basketball coach Bob Lassner struggles to prime his Savannah Stars, members of the less-than-prestigious Commercial Basketball Federation, for the playoffs while distracting them from women and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556113293
• ISBN13: 9781556113291
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Dutton
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Fun, raucous romp through basketball's minor league.

The Commercial Basketball Association (wink, wink) may be minor league, but Charley's novel describing a year there certainly isn't. This is as honest a portrayal as we are likely to see about any sport. Exposing the dark side of the basketball business -- and most of it's participants -- at first left me yearning for a more wholesome, less complicated (and more naive) view of the game. Soon the story hooked me and I was able to look at the ugly, and alongside it the excitement and beauty as well. It is a human triumph that one's love for the game, and for one's teammates, survives assaults of all kinds. Charley's love shines through. If you love hoops, this is one of a handful of books I'd call, "must read."